Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1887-03-28

A number 81 eases - confirmed
cocaine habit have recently been re-
ported. while some of them lHok
confirmation. il Is certain chat scy-
eral physical and mental wrecks
have been caused hy the excessive
use of this alkaloid The South
American Indians, long famous aa
cocoa eaters. seem as rule mot to
succumb 90 IT, effects. They usc thc
dried leaf which they chew, pre,i-
ously introducing small amount nf
alkali, 10 set the cocaine free. ln
civilized countries the alknloid ns
chloride Is usually employed, und Is
administered by hypodermic iuico.
tion.
The practice of using q hnhtualiy
In excess as hitherto reported us al.
most confined % physicians ne
effects upon its victims are very snd
The brain becomes permanently ur
for a period affected, species of u-
macy being produced. just ns Boa
the case Of opium eaters, The moral
nature Is undermined. one doctor
was reported SO recently ns to hc
within the memory Of our READERS,
as having turned on the gas in
drug store where the alkaloid was
refused him, with the design of
asphyXiating the clerk, in which ats
tempt he nearly succeeded Another
doctor within space Of some siN-
teen months, has gone insane from
the cocaine habit and hns been rc-
moved 30 an asylum, leaving hia
wife also IN from the effects of the
same drug, with which ho bad oN-
perimentcd on her. n thc caaos
continue 10 multiply, there may be
room for questioning the utility to
man Of the discovery Of this anus-
thetic. IL is doubtful IL al the aers
vices Ia local anwsthesin rendered
by it can compensate for tho ill it
has already done.
THE ScENr Or HuNuNo Doos.-
Some curious facts la relation 90 the
scent Of sporting dogs were told mc.
On first lighting the quail, for exam
pie, gives ont no scent, and on one
occasion Mr.. Popo's softer could not
for some time find a bird which had
dropped, but actually stepped ou it
before becoming aware Of its pres
ence. The dog could smell Che
tracks Of the running bird, bat WIS
unable To smell the bird itself As
illustrating the intelligence Of an eX-
perienced hunting dog, Mr. rope's
experiments are interesting 70 gct
a picture of setter Ia the act OF
pointing he tied "a live quail to d
tree; but, though two dogs were
taken, one after another, neither of
them would "point." llc then
brought ont pup who bad never
been shot over, and il 40 once point
ed 10 the bird. The grcenhom would
do what the old dogs would not
What t nsures.-A pirasant homo b Insured b.
all mother that uso d. BuIs habg syrup glU.
Take warning .-for want uf DHy's lioisf rnudfr
many horses, cows. sheep, and boRa afe daiI5 lost
You can save time anl trlube, and inaY g. uIr
nself by prompt aud ludieipus us' of pr nnUs
Baltimore rilIs at the beginning II bUIoas suart.
"Beo 81 ths season." DfsHei'a Bon Cologne.
These biscuit, said The profess.
or, 'arc like the statue of liberty at
night. They would give D better sat
isfaction II they were lighter"
eyes" said the third foor back,
"and this chicken reminds me Of
great hero-Bonapartc." "But nei-
ther OF your board bills b. liko tbo
Bal an troubles" said tho lnndlady
"Why sof" asked the professor
aud the third floor back "Bccauao
the Balkan troubles will probably bc
settled.
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